Match the items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I

List-II

Location of speech and referent

Conventional relation between object and word

Role of speaker and listener

Referential function of language

Arbitrariness

Displacement

Denotation

Interchangeability

A

B

C

D

2

1

4

3

3

4

2

1

4

3

1

2

1

2

3

4

Answer: a

Match the items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I

List-II

Underlying system of language

Only one of them can occur in the same context

Both are present

Only one of them is present

Complementary distribution

Language

Paradigmatic

Syntagmatic

A

B

C

D

3

4

2

1

4

1

3

2

3

4

1

2

2

1

4

3

Answer: d

Assertion 1. The approach which studies only the written form of language is called prescriptivism. Assertion 2. Only written form is the true representation of a language. Codes:

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

1 is false but 2 is true

1 is true but 2 is false.

Answer: d

Assertion 1. We can study social variation through speech. Assertion 2. The branch of lingustics which studies speech differences among speakers of a language is called psycholinguistics. Codes:

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

1 is true but 2 is false.

1 is false but 2 is true.

Answer: c

The term ‘Organology’ later come to be known as

Pathology

Disability

Phrenology

Neurology

Answer: c

Assertion 1. Jargon aphasia results in the substitution of one sound for another. Assertion 2. Patients with Wernicke's aphasia often produce such jargon. Codes:

1 is true and 2 is false.

1 is false and 2 is true.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Answer: c

The period during which language acquisition proceeds easily, swiftly and without external intervention is called

Developmental period

Critical period

Acquired period

Abnormal period

Answer: b

The rules children construct are

Grammar dependent

Lexical dependent

Structure dependent

Sound dependent

Answer: c

________ was used as the label for the secret language of beggars and street merchants.

Stang

Taboo

Argot

Euphemism

Answer: c

Assertion 1. A parser is the machine or engine that is responsible for applying the rules. Assertion 2. A parser can have different strategies for applying rules. Codes:

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

1 is true and 2 is false.

1 is false and 2 is true.

Answer: b

A system of writing Mandarin with a modified Roman alphabet is known as

Hangul

Pinyin

Kanji

Katakana

Answer: b

A movement towards greater uniformity and less variation among dialect is

Dialect levelling

Dialect mapping

Accent

Isogloss

Answer: a

The theory that language determines the world-view of its speech community has been proposed by

Charles F. Hockett

E. A. Nida

William Labov

Sapir Whorf

Answer: d

Which of the following speech sounds are Dravidian loans into Indo-Aryan?

Retroflexes

Velars

Semi-vowels

Fricatives

Answer: a

English [h] and [y] are phonemes on the basis of

Complementary distribution

Parallel distribution

Defective distribution

Free variation

Answer: c

Assertion 1. English [p] and [b] are in constant phonological opposition. Assertion 2. English [p] and [pH] are in complementary distribution. Codes:

1 is true and 2 is false.

1 is false and 2 is true.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Answer: c

The study of man's sound-producing possibilities and the functioning of his speech mechanism is called

Descriptive phonetics

Evolutionary phonetics

General phonetics

Normative phonetics

Answer: c

The IPA symbol [y] stands for

Front close unrounded vowel

Central close unrounded vowel

Front midway between close and close-mid vowel

Front close rounded vowel

Answer: d

Affricates involve

Close approximation

Open approximation

Zero strictures

Zero stricture and close approximation

Answer: d

Closed velum acts as the initiator in the articulation of

Plosives

Clicks

Implosives

Ejectives

Answer: b

A closed syllable is a syllable which is

Arrested by a consonant

Has no arrestng consonant

Has a releasing consonant

Has no releasing consonant

Answer: a

Assertion 1. Secondary articulation involves more constriction of the vocal tract than the primary articulation does. Assertion 2. The secondary articulation may be either in front of, or behind of the primary articulation. Codes:

1 is false and 2 is true.

1 is true and 2 is false.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Answer: a

Once an inflectional affix is added to a word

No further attachment of the derivational affix to the word is possible.

In revised extended standard theory, the modifications are made with the inclusion of

Logical forms and cognitive systems

Phrase structure grammar

Psycholinguistics

Neurolinguistics

Answer: a

Transformational rules are

Structure preserving

Meaning preserving

Grammar preserving

Meaning changing

Answer: b

In the following conversation of X and Y, what conversational maxim is seemingly violated by X and Y? X: My present situation is more of heaven on earth. Y: Indeed, but to think that time changes yesterday is amazing.

Maxim of quality

Maxim of manner

Maxim of relation

Maxim of quantity

Answer: c

Assertion 1. Lexicography is the study of words in such a way that it includes their nature and function as symbols and their meaning in relation to epistemology. Assertion 2. Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Codes:

1 is true, 2 is false

1 is false, 2 is true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Answer: b

Match the linguistic forms of the utterance from the List-I and the functions of these forms with the List-II:

List-I

List-II

May I use your pen?

Did you attend the lecture?

Leave the room!

I lost the opportunity

Interrogative question

Interrogative-Request

Declaration-Information

Imperative-Command

A

B

C

D

4

3

2

1

2

1

4

3

1

2

3

4

2

4

1

3

Answer: b

When a constituent is moved to the front of a sentence, then it functions as “topic” This process is called

Subjectivisation

Topicalisation

Complementation

Objectivisation

Answer: b

The output of the basic component of the Generative Grammar is

Deep structure

Surface structure

Syntactic structure

Semantic component

Answer: a

Semantic properties of a constituent are specified with the help of

Distinctive features

Suprasegmental features

Syntactic features

Segmental features

Answer: c

“We congratulate you on your success” is an example of

Commissive Act

Expressive Act

Representative Act

Directive Act

Answer: b

A construction where a single clause has been divided into two separate sections is known as

Complex sentence

Compound sentence

Complement sentence

Cleft sentence

Answer: d

The set of techniques developed over move than a century and half that permits us to recover linguistic constructs of earlier stages in a famly of related languages is known as

Contrastive method

Comparative method

Synchronic method

None of the above

Answer: b

Assertion 1. At the level of phonology all South Asian languages exhibit a contrast between front unrounded vowel and rounded back vowels. Assertion 2. All South Asian languages except “Khasi” which is a verb medial language share common structural characteristics at the level of sentence. Codes:

Both 1 and 2 are true.

Both 1 and 2 are false.

1 is true and 2 is false.

2 is true and 1 is false.

Answer: a

In some languages words typically contain a linear sequence of morphs and therefore these languages are known as

Isolating

Agglutinating

Inflectional

None of the above

Answer: b

Match the items from List-I with those in List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I

List-II

Trubetzkoy

Emeneau

Weinreich

PB Pandit

Sociolinguistic Area

Sprachbund

Linguistic Area

Convergence Area

A

B

C

D

3

2

1

4

2

3

4

1

1

2

3

4

4

3

2

1

Answer: b

Match the items from List-I with those in List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List-I

List-II

South Munda

North Munda

Korku

Mundri sub group

Santali, Mundari

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

Ho, Bhumij, Korwa

Kharia Jaung

A

B

C

D

2

1

3

4

3

2

1

4

1

2

3

4

4

1

2

3

Answer: d

‘Khowar’ ‘Torwali’ and ‘Shina’ belong to

Dravidian family of languages

Tibeto-Burman

Austro-Asiatic

Dardic

Answer: d

Partial reduplication of words where an initial consonant or syllable is replaced in the reduplicated word is known as

Reduplication

Echo-words

Conjunctive participle

None of the above

Answer: b

Assertion (A): The ‘guna’ increment is an Indo-European phenomenon. Assertion (B): The “V ddhi” increment is specifically Indian in origin. Codes:

Both A and B are correct.

Both A and B are wrong.

A is correct, B is wrong.

B is correct and A is wrong.

Answer: a

The exploitation of patterns in the synchronic grammar of a single language or dialect to recover information about its prehistory is